Computer Addiction

FOR OVER 15 YEARS Dr. Orzack, a licensed clinical psychologist, has treated addictive behaviors at McLean Hospital, where she is founder and coordinator of the Computer Addiction Service and a member of the Harvard Medical School faculty. She is also a faculty member of the Cognitive Therapy Program, and in private practice in Newton Centre, Massachusetts. In addition she has studied recreational drug use and thinks that inappropriate computer use is similar.

13 Sep 16 - Addiction Computer Addiction News

Digital detox: A family's struggle with technology addictionNic Hope is the first to admit he is "not the best at keeping off the computer". The Brisbane grade nine student is addicted to technology. He eats dinner in front of his computer, he plays games late into the night and he is tired every morning. His ...

Digital technology addiction: Mary Aiken, cyber-psychologistUsing anecdotes from press reports and her own research and that of colleagues, Aiken, whose work inspired American television series CSI: Cyber, argues that the internet provides the optimum environment for amplifying and worsening all kinds of ...

A light of hope for those addictedKim Palmer wasn't sure what to do when she found out her son sank into the dark depths of heroin addiction in 2009. Devastated, she took to the computer keyboard to research support for moms who've gone through such a traumatic experience. She found ...

Run Against Addiction raises funding for rehabThe local addiction support group Families Into Getting Help Together (FIGHT) hosted a "Run Against Addiction” 5K on Saturday to help raise awareness of the drug epidemic in Boyle County, as well as raise funds for Boyle County Agency for Substance ...

In This EpisodeBut I DID need my computer to be made aware of its existence! Brooks Austin • 4 months ago. I'm all for all things in moderation but this freak out about cell phone addiction all seems like an exaggeration to me. Parents have been ignoring their kids ...

Cash Piles at American Companies Are ShrinkingAnalysts see income declining 1.4 percent in the current period, dragged down by contractions at automakers, banks and computer makers. Earnings before interest and taxes at S&P 500 companies totaled $1.1 trillion in the year ended last quarter, the ...

Walking a new path: Man battles addiction amidst overdose spikeThe 26-year-old Seymour resident was looking for a way to take away the pain and sickness of withdrawal from suboxone, a prescription painkiller he had been on for more than two years to help kick his drug addiction. His doctor had been weaning him off ...

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Heroin crisis: Simple origins, complex solutionsFor many, the path to heroin begins with a pill. Meghan Hetfield's journey was no different. It only took a year for the then 15-year-old to move from taking pills to using heroin - and in doing so, she began a 20-year fight against her addiction. Now ...